title: Comparative visualization of genetic and physical maps with Strudel.
abstract: Data visualization can play a key role in comparative genomics, for example, underpinning the investigation of conserved synteny patterns. Strudel is a desktop application that allows users to easily compare both genetic and physical maps interactively and efficiently. It can handle large datasets from several genomes simultaneously, and allows all-by-all comparisons between these.
  
  
  METHODS
  Installers for Strudel are available for Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X at http://bioinf.scri.ac.uk/strudel/.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Programme, Scottish Crop Research Institute and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Invergowrie, Dundee, UK. micha.bayer@scri.ac.uk
authors.forename: Micha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bayer
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stephen
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardle
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface